Maria da Fé

Municipality in Southeast, Brazil

Maria da Fé

Municipality

Maria da Fé sign

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Location in the State of Minas Gerais

Coordinates: 22°18′28″S 45°22′30″W﻿ / ﻿22.30778°S 45.37500°W﻿ / -22.30778; -45.37500
Country|  Brazil
Region| Southeast
State|  Minas Gerais
Founded| June 1, 1912
Government

• Mayor| Patricia Santos de Almeida Bernardo (PSD)
Area

• Total

| 203.774 km2 (78.678 sq mi)
Elevation

| 1,258 m (4,127 ft)
Population

(2020 [1])

• Total

| 14,056
• Density| 75.2/km2 (195/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code|

37517-000

Website| Maria da Fé, Minas Gerais

Maria da Fé is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 is estimated to be 14,056 people. The area of the municipality is 203.774 km2. The city belongs to the mesoregion South/South-West of Minas Gerais and to the microregion of Itajubá.

## Geography

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### Climate

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The city is located in the dominant mesothermic climates in the southeast and south of Brazil, associated with its altitude. The climate is tropical in terms of precipitation but the temperature is affected by elevation, which leads to classify Maria da Fé as a highland tropical climate, as well as Campos do Jordão (Köppen: Cwb). The average temperature is 17 °C (maximum average 23.3 °C and minimum average of 10.1 °C), with warm summers but not as hot as places in valleys in the interior of the country and the winters are colds to Brazil and Minas Gerais. The total precipitation is 1738 mm.[2] Different from oceanic climates, being in the end of the tropics, there is a dry season defined in the winter,[3] they are fences of 7 to 8 cold fronts, without the fronts due to the air dryness, there would be only 40% of the total precipitation for the season.[4] It is the only city in the state where the average temperature rise trend per decade reaches 1 °C.[5] Being in the Mantiqueira Mountains, frost is a common event in normal winter. It can go from 10 occasions in several years.[6]

The city is the coldest of Minas Gerais and one of the coolest of the Brazilian southeast.[7] According to data from the National Institute of Meteorology (INMET), referring to the period between 1976 and 2016, the lowest temperature recorded in Maria da Fé was -8.4 °C on July 21, 1981,[8] and the highest reached 34,4 °C on January 19, 2015.[9] The largest accumulated rainfall in 24 hours reached 173 mm (mm) on January 3, 2000. Other large accumulations equal or greater than 100 mm were 125 mm on October 14, 1995, 103.4 mm on November 26, 2006, and 100.2 mm on February 25, 1995.[10] The lowest relative humidity index reached 15% in the afternoon of August 20, 2005.[11] In recent records there were years like 2013 where there were 23 nights with frost but the following year only 3 days, but varies considerably from year to year going from a few days to more than a dozen. The average of the first frost is on May 18 and the last on August 14, and may occur from early April until the end of September.[12]

Climate data for Maria da Fé (Downtown), elevation: 1276 m or 4186.4 ft, 1981-2010 normals,[a] extremes for 1976-present

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °C (°F)  | 34.4
(93.9)  | 32.6
(90.7)  | 31
(88)  | 30.6
(87.1)  | 29.6
(85.3)  | 27.6
(81.7)  | 27.9
(82.2)  | 29.7
(85.5)  | 32.4
(90.3)  | 34
(93)  | 32.4
(90.3)  | 32.6
(90.7)  | 34.4
(93.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 25.9
(78.6)  | 26.6
(79.9)  | 25.8
(78.4)  | 24.6
(76.3)  | 22.1
(71.8)  | 21.2
(70.2)  | 21.6
(70.9)  | 23.5
(74.3)  | 24.3
(75.7)  | 25
(77)  | 25.5
(77.9)  | 25.5
(77.9)  | 24.3
(75.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 19.9
(67.8)  | 19.9
(67.8)  | 19.2
(66.6)  | 17.3
(63.1)  | 14.4
(57.9)  | 12.7
(54.9)  | 13.1
(55.6)  | 14.1
(57.4)  | 16.4
(61.5)  | 18.1
(64.6)  | 18.8
(65.8)  | 19.4
(66.9)  | 16.9
(62.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 15.2
(59.4)  | 14.7
(58.5)  | 14
(57)  | 11.4
(52.5)  | 8.1
(46.6)  | 6.5
(43.7)  | 6.3
(43.3)  | 7.1
(44.8)  | 10.4
(50.7)  | 12.6
(54.7)  | 13.6
(56.5)  | 14.8
(58.6)  | 11.2
(52.2)
Record low °C (°F)  | 3.6
(38.5)  | 5.2
(41.4)  | 3
(37)  | 0.6
(33.1)  | −5.2
(22.6)  | −4.2
(24.4)  | −8.4
(16.9)  | −8
(18)  | −0.4
(31.3)  | −0.4
(31.3)  | 1.4
(34.5)  | 3
(37)  | −8.4
(16.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 295.3
(11.63)  | 196.3
(7.73)  | 175.2
(6.90)  | 83.2
(3.28)  | 76.3
(3.00)  | 42
(1.7)  | 32.5
(1.28)  | 32.4
(1.28)  | 93.6
(3.69)  | 139.2
(5.48)  | 197.7
(7.78)  | 283.4
(11.16)  | 1,647.1
(64.85)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm (0.04 in)) | 18  | 14  | 14  | 7  | 5  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 7  | 11  | 14  | 18  | 118
Average relative humidity (%)  | 81.4  | 80.5  | 80.6  | 80.1  | 79.8  | 78.7  | 76.3  | 71.6  | 73  | 75.5  | 77.7  | 80.6  | 78
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 148  | 161  | 176.8  | 184.1  | 191.9  | 194.6  | 216.4  | 233.1  | 184.8  | 186.3  | 169.6  | 146.6  | 2,193.2
Source: INMET

## Gallery

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* Maria da Fé olive oil project

## See also

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* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais

## Notes

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1. ^ Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1981 to 2010.

## References

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1. ^ IBGE 2020
2. ^ "ESPAÇAMENTO ENTRE PLANTAS NO DESEMPENHO DE JARDIM CLONAL DE CULTIVARES DE OLIVEIRA". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
3. ^ Garcia, Sâmia Regina; Santos, Diego Felipe dos; Martins, Fabrina Bolzan; Torres, Roger Rodrigues (2018-04-17). "ASPECTOS CLIMATOLÓGICOS ASSOCIADOS AO CULTIVO DA OLIVEIRA (Olea europaea L.) EM MINAS GERAIS". Revista Brasileira de Climatologia (in Portuguese). 22. doi:10.5380/abclima.v22i0.56825. ISSN 2237-8642.
4. ^ Reboita, Michelle Simões; Rodrigues, Marcelo; Silva, Luiz Felipe; Alves, Maria Amélia (2015). "ASPECTOS CLIMÁTICOS DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS (CLIMATE ASPECTS IN MINAS GERAIS STATE)". Revista Brasileira de Climatologia (in Portuguese). 17. doi:10.5380/abclima.v17i0.41493. ISSN 2237-8642.
5. ^ Ávila, Léo Fernandes; Mello, Carlos Rogério de; Yanagi, Sílvia de Nazaré Monteiro; Neto, Olívio Bahia Sacramento (2014-06-11). "Tendências de temperaturas mínimas e máximas do ar no Estado de Minas Gerais". Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira (in Portuguese). 49 (4): 247–256\. doi:10.1590/S0100-204X2014000400002. ISSN 1678-3921.247-256&rft.date=2014-06-11&rft_id=info:doi/10.1590/S0100-204X2014000400002&rft.issn=1678-3921&rft.aulast=Ávila&rft.aufirst=Léo+Fernandes&rft.au=Mello,+Carlos+Rogério+de&rft.au=Yanagi,+Sílvia+de+Nazaré+Monteiro&rft.au=Neto,+Olívio+Bahia+Sacramento&rft_id=https://seer.sct.embrapa.br/index.php/pab/article/view/19032&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Maria+da+Fé" class="Z3988">
6. ^ "Avaliação Da Ocorrência De Geada Na Serra Da Mantiqueira No Período Entre 2009 E 2014". Even3 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-11-17.
7. ^ Cidade mais fria de MG, Maria da Fé atrai turistas e fotógrafos - G1 Sul de Minas - Jornal da EPTV 1ª Edição - Catálogo de Vídeos, retrieved 2018-11-17
8. ^ "BDMEP - série histórica - dados diários - temperatura mínima (°C) - Maria da Fé". Retrieved 2018-11-17.
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10. ^ "BDMEP - série histórica - dados diários - precipitação (mm) - Maria da Fé". Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
11. ^ "BDMEP - série histórica - dados horários - umidade relativa (%) - Maria da Fé". Retrieved 2018-11-17.
12. ^ Brzezina, Jachym. "Estação Meteorológica Sítio da Laje". Estação Meteorológica Sítio da Laje. Retrieved 2019-08-01.

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